Home for the Holidays: From Boston to Texarkana, Vogue’s Favorite City Dwellers Shop Their Favorite Local Haunts

From Boston to Texarkana, Vogue’s favorite city dwellers shop their favorite local haunts.

While many fashion luminaries gravitated towards the bright lights—and buzzing stores—of the big city to live out their dreams, most weren’t born and bred there. Vogue asked ten chic individuals—from models and designers to buyers and editors—to reveal their favorite boutiques, vintage shops, farmer’s markets, and local finds in their respective hometowns all across America, the charming pieces they’ve bought in the past, and what covetable delights they plan to scoop up the next time they visit.

Favorite store: Louis Boston for its fashion, jewelry, accessories, and home goods.Past purchases: I’ve stocked up on clothing essentials from The Row.What she’ll pick up next: I don’t have any specific plans . . . but I do have my eye on a Marni fur!louisboston.com

Favorite store: Hatman Jack’s.Past purchases: “I haven’t bought a hat from Jack, but he has fixed some vintage ones for me.”What she’ll pick up next: “I’ll go back to him for hat repairs.”hatmanjacks.com

Favorite store: “I grew up in Texarkana, but my mom and I went to Lois Geans in Magnolia, Arkansas, two or three times a year to spend the day shopping. Lois was a visionary retailer and her shop was ‘lifestyle’ when no one else was doing that sort of thing. She had amazing taste and the boutique was always filled with the best books, jewelry, and clothes.”Past purchases: “I bought my first piece of Calvin Klein there: a camel coat that I still remember now.”What she’ll pick up next: “I have not been there in years, but will always have such great memories. That shop, and Lois the person, were largely responsible for my interest in fashion.”loisgeans.com

Favorite store: “The Ferry Building—it’s more of a marketplace but fulfills all of my needs. You can find anything there from fresh flowers and organic skin-care products to amazing wine, chocolates, and endless goods from the farmer’s market.”Past purchases: “Fresh Hog Island Oysters that I barbecue with my sisters. I add a little truffle oil that we get at the marketplace as well.”What she’ll pick up next: “Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolates for my mother—they are her favorite.”ferrybuildingmarketplace.com

Favorite store: “The Ragged Robin is a very old-school, traditional Southern gift shop right down at the Virginia Beach oceanfront. It has been around since 1948 and started as a tiny gift shop and rental library. They also do printed invitations for parties and bridal registries. And of course, you can get a million things monogrammed. Everything is super charming.” Past purchases: “I’ve bought a million hostess, birthday, and wedding gifts here.”What she’ll pick up next: “Very Southern monogrammed linen hand towels.”raggedrobingiftshop.com

Favorite store: “Oryana Natural Foods Market is a co-op, which, aside from selling local produce, also stocks an incredible selection of housewares.”Past purchases: “Homemade hummus, local ceramics, and soaps.”What he’ll pick up next: “I only go home once or twice a year, so when I do, I stock up on my favorites: beeswax candles and rice tea.”oryana.coop

Favorite store: “The Grand Bazaar is an antique store that covers an extremely wide range of objects and art, from eighteenth-century prints and paintings to bizarre toys from the 1960s. You can find crazy things here, and it’s all pretty inexpensive.”Past purchases: “I’ve bought two photographs of a girl in Eastern European dress, which were probably from the 1920s.”What he’ll pick up next: “They always have something new that I want every time I go there!”grandbazaarantiques.com